Measure Wind

Measure Wind with an Anemometer

The most precise way to measure the exact wind speeds at your location is to use an Anemometer. An Anemometer is a wind speed measuring device.

For anyone interested in using wind power to generate electricity for either their home, business facility or to export to the local grid network, an anemometer is an indispensable piece of equipment. Knowing the direction of the prevailing wind, the average wind speed at a particular location and the strength of gusts are very useful when selecting and positioning a wind turbine generator optimally. For as little as $40-50, you can purchase an accurate digital handheld anemometer that will display the wind speed in mph, kph, knots, or meters/sec. for use of on-the-spot’ wind measuring’.

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Handheld Anemometer

Q: How much electricity will a wind turbine produce annually?

Online Wind Turbine Annual Electricity Output Calculator

Knowing that wind speeds can be modeled, we can estimate the amount of electricity likely to be generated by a given wind turbine generator in a location with a given average wind speed over the course of a year.

Here is a unique free online tool from REUK.co.uk to estimate the amount of electricity that can be generated by a wind turbine with a known rotor diameter, in a location with a particular average wind speed. After you have established how much wind is available at your location and you know the basic measurements of your planned wind turbine, just enter your data in the Annual Electricity Output Calculator and you will be able to roughly estimate the annual electricity output of your planned wind turbine project.

http://www.reuk.co.uk/Calculate-kWh-Generated-by-Wind-Turbine.htm